From Burnout to Bliss (Cait Donovan)

07/01/22 • 9 min

Making It: How to Be a Successful Online Entrepreneur

Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.

Cait Donovan is the host of Fried – The Burnout Podcast, and author of the book The Bouncebackability Factor: End Burnout, Gain Resilience, and Change the World. Since recovering from her own bout of burnout, she has helped thousands of others find their way to balance and serenity.

In this episode of Making It, Cait talks about the importance of disconnecting, following your inner guidance and why some ideas are better in theory than practice.

“I think that entrepreneurs often get stuck on ‘Oh, I've got to do this thing...,’ and they don't learn to let the pieces go when they're not working.”

– Cait Donovan

Caitlin Donovan is one of New York City’s leading burnout experts, host of Fried – The Burnout Podcast, and author of the book The Bouncebackability Factor: End Burnout, Gain Resilience, and Change the World. Her master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine enables Caitlin to combine Eastern wisdom with her natural practicality. After treating more than 25,000 patients, Caitlin added 1:1 coaching, corporate workshops and keynotes for companies such as PTC and Lululemon – all with a focus on burnout.

She has been featured on podcasts and online magazines such as Forbes, Elephant Journal, Thrive Global, Addicted 2 Success, and Your Story. Your Health. She has also been quoted in Oprah Magazine.

Caitlin and her husband spent 12 years living in Europe but now make their home in New Jersey. When Caitlin is not speaking or coaching on burnout, you can find her and her husband hiking, walking with Flora (their white fluffy dog), or cross-country skiing.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee
Cait’s website
Cait’s LinkedIn

Credits:

Guest – Cait Donovan

Co-Producers – Danny Bermant & Geoff Govertsen

Supervising Producer – Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer – Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production by Post Office Sound

Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music and SFX credits:

• Track Title: The Sunniest Kids

Artist Name(s): Rhythm Scott

Writer Name: Scott Roush

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Track Title: Sweet Loving Waltz

Artist Name(s): Sounds Like Sander

Writer Name: S.L.J. Kalmeijer

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Track Title: The Carpenter

Artist Name(s): BENSON

Writer Name: Benjamin Caleb Johnson

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Episode transcript: From Burnout to Bliss (Cait Donovan} Coming soon.

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Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.

In this episode of Making It, Cait talks about the importance of disconnecting, following your inner guidance and why some ideas are better in theory than practice.

“I think that entrepreneurs often get stuck on ‘Oh, I've got to do this thing...,’ and they don't learn to let the pieces go when they're not working.”

– Cait Donovan

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee
Cait’s website
Cait’s LinkedIn

Credits:

Guest – Cait Donovan

Co-Producers – Danny Bermant & Geoff Govertsen

Supervising Producer – Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer – Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production by Post Office Sound

Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music and SFX credits:

• Track Title: The Sunniest Kids

Artist Name(s): Rhythm Scott

Writer Name: Scott Roush

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Track Title: Sweet Loving Waltz

Artist Name(s): Sounds Like Sander

Writer Name: S.L.J. Kalmeijer

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Track Title: The Carpenter

Artist Name(s): BENSON

Writer Name: Benjamin Caleb Johnson

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Episode transcript: From Burnout to Bliss (Cait Donovan} Coming soon.

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Fun Along the Way (Erik Luhrs)

Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.

Erik Luhrs is a peak-performance business coach. He helps people master themselves in order to harness their potential and master their business. He credits his success with clients to a broad base of skills and experience.

In this episode of Making It, Erik shares why he is always learning, growing and (above all) having fun in the process.

“The secret to allowing your true potential, your gift, is really about allowing you to be your true self.”

– Erik Luhrs
Erik Luhrs is a fun enigma...

With experience and expertise in F500 management consulting, martial arts instruction, neuro-linguistic programming, sales systems creation, screenwriting, startup founding, hypnosis, government contracting, public speaking, inventing, lead generation strategizing, operational performance optimization, acting, advising, meditating, fitness training, brand positioning, energy healing, fundraising, performance coaching, real estate investing, CEO mentoring and various other eclectic skills...

Oh and PLUS being Psychic...

He is the guy you expect the least when you need him the most.

As a result of his broad base of skills and abilities, he has helped clients and companies achieve mathematically impossible operational performance, overcome mental hurdles, create 300% growth in a matter of weeks, improve relationships, overflow their pipelines by hundreds of percent, achieve dreams they thought impossible.

Now, he uses his powers to help executives become the version of themselves they need to be to create the business results, life and impact they really want.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee
Erik’s website
Erik’s LinkedIn

Credits:

Guest – Erik Luhrs

Co-Producers – Danny Bermant & Geoff Govertsen

Supervising Producer – Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer – Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production by Post Office Sound

Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music and SFX credits:

• Track Title: The Sunniest Kids

Artist Name(s): Rhythm Scott

Writer Name: Scott Roush

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Track Title: Sweet Loving Waltz

Artist Name(s): Sounds Like Sander

Writer Name: S.L.J. Kalmeijer

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Track Title: Shapes

Artist Name(s): Shimmer

Writer Name: Matthew Wigton

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Episode transcript: Fun Along the Way (Erik Luhrs} Coming soon.

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Be Memorable (Michael Roderick)

Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.

Michael Roderick is the founder of Small Pond Enterprises, LLC, a company that helps service-based professionals become thought leaders.

“So if you are able to tap into people's emotions, if you're able to make them feel something while they're listening to you, they will remember whatever it is that you talk about.”

– Michael Roderick

Michael Roderick began his career as a high school English teacher before producing Off Broadway and then on Broadway. This combination of experience in the arts and entrepreneurship led to Michael starting an arts incubator program to teach more artists about building and growing their own businesses.

Michael took a short break to work as the V.P. of Operations and as a Director of Business Development for a tech startup in New York.

Eventually, he decided to develop a workshop on networking, which grew into a full-time consulting practice that became Small Pond Enterprises.

Most recently, he founded The Connecting Connectors Conference (ConnectorCon).

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